the act of making a negative situation feel worse than it is

an instrument used for measuring the angle or elevation of slopes

to suspend the meeting of (a club, legislature, committee, etc.) to a future time, another place, or indefinitely

unwilling to spend money or use resources

to glide, move, or proceed easily or nonchalantly

a sound formed by the combination of two vowels in a single syllable, in which the sound begins as one vowel and moves toward another (as in coin, loud, and side)

the pure and concentrated essence of a substance

of or relating to an uncle

the act or an instance of making something obscure, dark, or difficult to understand

corresponding in amount, magnitude, or degree

a cause of obsessive fear, irritation, or loathing

an airship

a short, wide strip of fabric worn by men around the neck and tucked inside an open-necked shirt

a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special, as in Texas won by six runs (meaning “Texas's baseball team”)

a loud, confused noise, as of many voices

pertaining to or occurring in the morning; early in the day